This July week-long yoga boot camp retreat will cover everything your body and mind needs !! – various styles of yoga, meditation, Pilates and daily hiking in the Burren Hills together with excellent vegetarian food.

It is a great way to give yourself that kick start you need whether you need to lose weight, tone up, deepen your yoga practice or renew your energy .

Kick start yourself into a healthy positive way of great exercise, improved posture and breathing and a more focused and relaxed peace of mind.

Who this July yoga boot camp retreat is suitable for

This retreat is suitable for complete beginners to intermediate, but one should be prepared for a good challenge to your body.

Niamh will give variations so everyone works at their own level.

There are no comparisons made between people, and this course is suitable for everyone.

Arrival on Friday 11th July 2014

Time

Activity

5:30 – 7:00 pm

Arrival & Registration

7:00 pm

Dinner

8:00 – 8:30 pm

Karma Yoga

9:00 pm

Introduction to the retreat

9:15 – 10:00 pm

Meditation and Yoga Nidra deep relaxation

Typical day’s timetable

Time

Activity

8:00 – 8:30 am

Breathwork and meditation class

8:30 – 10:00 am

Vinyasa flow yoga class

10:00 am

Breakfast

10:45 am

Karma yoga

11:15 – 2:00 pm

Outdoor trip into the Burren

2:00 pm

Lunch at local restaurant or cafe

4:00 pm

Approx return to centre

4:00 – 5:00 pm

Free Time

7:00 pm

Dinner

7:45 – 8:15 pm

Karma yoga

8:00 – 9:00 pm

Free time

9:00 – 9:30 pm

Meditation and Yoga Nidra

Alternate days

Time

Activity

5:00 – 6:30 pm

Bikram Hot Yoga class or Yogalates

Every second day, as well as the usual classes listed on the typical day’s timetable above, we have an additional afternoon class.

Close of retreat on Thursday 17th July 2014

Time

Activity

8:00 – 8:30 am

Meditation

8:30 – 10:00 am

Vinyasa flow Yoga class

10:00 am

Breakfast

10:45 am

Karma yoga

11:15 – 12:00 pm

Farewells

12:00 noon

Depart

Instructor Bio Niamh Jones

Niamh Jones is a very dedicated yoga teacher and practitioner.

She teaches from the heart and takes the time with each person to ensure they understand the practices that she is teaching and also encourages each person in a wonderful way to reach towards your own potential.

Niamh is a qualified Bikram Yoga teacher and also a qualified Ashtanga yoga teacher.

She has been practicing meditation for many years and brings this awareness to her teaching.

Niamh has a lovely ‘easy manner and soft approach’ and will have you practicing postures you thought you would not be able for, and improving your alignment as the week progresses.

Niamh Jones was our five star yoga instructor for the weekend. Everyone was highly complementary of her teaching style and I just loved her classes. While we were sitting around chatting during one of the evenings she shared a lot of her knowledge about yoga, reiki and shamanism with our group in a lovely easy-going and understandable manner. Sinead, Leitrim

Description of July yoga boot camp retreat

Let go, and feel rejuvenated with Niamh

Who this July yoga boot camp retreat is suitable for

This retreat is suitable for complete beginners to intermediate, but one should be prepared for a good challenge to your body.

Niamh will give variations so everyone works at their own level.

There are no comparisons made between people, and this course is suitable for everyone.

Niamh Jones is a very experienced yoga teacher and she has taught many very successful Yoga Boot Camps before, but this is her first time to run one at the Burren Yoga and Meditation Centre.

This week will cover everything your body and mind needs !! – various styles of yoga, meditation, pilates and daily hiking in the Burren Hills together with excellent vegetarian food. It is a great way to give yourself that kick start you need whether you need to lose weight, tone up, deepen your yoga practice or renew your energy .

July yoga boot camp retreat

Everybody arrives on Friday evening and we start with dinner at 7:00 pm.

Most people come on their own.

Later we have an introduction to the week and some breath work and deep relaxation in the yoga room.

Each day begins with some Pranayama (breath work) and meditation.

Beginners will be introduced gradually to meditation, which will deepen and lengthen in practice over the week. The meditation at the start of the week will be quite short and accessible to all.

This yoga boot camp week is a great way to try out a variety of different yoga classes practiced regularly each day over the week..

Each class is individually designed to work on specific parts of your body on a physical level and mental level, so by the end of the week you have worked every part of your body and mind inside and out.

Morning’s Vinyasa Flow Yoga some morning’s Niamh will focus on Lengthening, Strengthening and Toning the lower body – legs and hip area, We will also work deeply into the hips (Yin Yoga), working to create ease, openness and strength. Ending in breath work to balance the energetic body and calm the mind helping us to bring our awareness inside. Finishing in Deep Relaxation.

This is followed by a hearty breakfast and then we set out as a group on our guided outings.

Hiking in the Burren Hills each day, except Monday, when Devatara comes in to give massage. Yummy 😉

It is guaranteed to leave you feeling toned, stretched, rejuvenated, refreshed and full of energy on all levels.

Depending on the preferences of the group we may go surfing, kayaking, a boat trip to the Cliffs of Burren, visit the Tea Gardens in Ballyvaughan or a wide range of other activities and places to see.

These outings are great fun, and a lovely way to get to know the other course participants on the retreat.

Each day on our guided outing, we stop for lunch at one of the best local restaurants or cafes which is a great way to sample the best of the locale cuisine in the Burren.

Dave knows all the best places to eat and is always ready to help with suggestions on the best dishes in each of the local cafes.

We are always very well looked after and the best seats are always reserved for us.

Every second afternoon Niamh will teach a Hot Yoga or else YogaLates class and will focus on Sweating out all your toxins !! Whole body workout stretching and toning every part of the body.

Alternative afternoons we have a long outing into the Burren or by the sea and this is a lovely way to see this spectacular part of Ireland in a nice leisurely way with a very experienced guide.

Every Evening – Meditation We will finish off the day with some breath work to balance the energetic body and calm the mind finishing in a journey through the chakras bringing awareness and understanding of each one helping to clear and cleanse any blockages on a physical, mental and emotional level which will leave you feeling grounded, cantered and re-balanced.

Some Mornings – Vinyasa Flow Yoga and Meditation– Focus: Lengthening, Strengthening and Toning the lower body – legs and hip area. We will also work deeply into the hips once again (Yin Yoga), working to create ease, openness and strength. Ending in breath work to balance the energetic body and calm the mind helping us to bring our awareness inside. Finishing in Deep Relaxation.

Some afternoons Yogalates Focus: Core Strengthening and Toning – working specifically on the stomach and back, followed by upper body toning.

Niamh’s classes are tuned to each person within the class, so that each person practices to their own ability. The classes are a combination of getting in touch with one’s inner self, letting go of external stresses, and are also challenging and fun.

Niamh’s classes are good fun, and exhilarating.

This week is guaranteed to leave you feeling toned, stretched, rejuvenated, refreshed and full of energy on all levels.

Each evening we have a delicious dinner prepared by Paddi our famous chef who used to run Seventh Heaven restaurant in Galway city for over 12 years.

Niamh teaches regularly at the Burren Yoga and Meditation Centre and has many people who come back to her retreats time and time again.

This July yoga boot camp retreat is an ideal time to take time out of your everyday life and to feel on top of the world when you leave.